Healthy Relationships HB 121. Healthy Relationships Our daily lives involve contact with many different people. It is helpful when we can create meaningful.

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Presentation on theme: "Healthy Relationships HB 121. Healthy Relationships Our daily lives involve contact with many different people. It is helpful when we can create meaningful."— Presentation transcript:

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Healthy Relationships HB 121

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Healthy Relationships Our daily lives involve contact with many different people. It is helpful when we can create meaningful relationships with people from our daily lives. A healthy relationship will help us to: O Know who we are O Develop as a person O Grow emotionally O Communicate and keep meaningful bonds O Enjoy live O Have FUN!

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What is Dating? Types of Dating O Going out O Together O Being with someone O Seeing each other O Just friends O Hooking up O Boyfriend/Girlfriend Who is a dating partner? Person you are in a relationship with What are the characteristics of a healthy dating partner: Respectful, trustworthy, honest, dependable, and supportive

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Relationship Violence What is relationship or dating violence? O It is a pattern of abusive behaviors used to exert power and control over a current or former dating partner. O Dating violence usually involves a series of abusive behaviors over a course of time.

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Who experiences dating violence? O ANY teen can experience violence, abuse or unhealthy behaviors in a dating relationship O Dating abuse does not discriminate - - it does not see gender, sexual identity, economic status, ethnicity or religious preference

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Statistics Who experiences dating violence? O One-third of teens report experiencing some kind of abuse in their romantic relationships, including verbal and emotional abuse. O 75% of Texas youth (ages 16-24) have personally experienced dating violence or know someone who has O Relationship violence is the number one cause of injury to women between the ages of O 70% of pregnant teenagers are abused by their partners.

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Dating Bill of Rights & Responsibilities Your Rights: O To be heard O To end a relationship O To have an equal relationship O To say no to physical closeness O To refuse a date without feeling guilty O To ask for a date and accept no for an answer O To have friends other than your dating partner O To participate in activities that excludes your partner O To have your own feelings and be able to express them O To set limits, be able to say yes or no to choices O To have your limits, values, feelings, and beliefs respected O To say "I love you" without having sex O To be yourself, even if it is different from every- one else or from what others want you to be.

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Dating Bill of Rights & Responsibilities Your Responsibilities: O To determine your limits and values. O To respect the limits, values, feelings, and beliefs of others. O To communicate clearly and honestly. O To be considerate. O To make decisions on what is good for you.